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Finland is considering a four-day week
- perfunctory 7y agoThe article doesn't mention whether the pay remains the same (as it should).
- melenaboija 7y agoI would say this idea touches some of the fundaments of capitalism, including wealth distribution and therefore salaries. With less consumption maybe lower salaries would work.
- WheelsAtLarge 7y agoI'm a fan of this idea. It used to be that there was so such thing as a weekend. Farmers had no choice but to work or their crops and animals would suffer. Even when the industrial revolution came it was normal to work 7 days a week. Looks to me that weekends have only added to the human experience. Let's go for a four day week. Maybe we'll start to produce less useless crap and focus on what society needs.
- low_common 7y agoFinland seems like the best country in the world- minus the freezing weather and short winter days. Universal healthcare, income, maternity packages, Linus Torvald. What do they NOT have?
- musicale 7y agoIt's about time that the "productivity boom" actually provided some benefit to the people who do the work.